Advertising and E-Business
In today’s online marketing arena, there are remarkable concepts which are rarely available for public study and consideration. For instance, the e-business models are considered trendy by many Internet specialists who do not consider superior operational efficiency as a critical factor for success in companies such as Cisco, EBay, Dell, and Amazon. However, they believe that the business model or method adopted in modern technology is the basis for their success. With the implicit awareness of success in these kinds of companies, few of them have explicit insight regarding this success; therefore, they cannot distinguish the different kinds of businesses and business models utilized by giant merchants. Thus, this chapter introduces e-business and draws a line between e-business and e-commerce. Also, different kinds of e-business models are examined because an advertiser should know the business models of the websites which may be publishing his advertising. Above all, at the end of this chapter, the reader will be able to distinguish between the businesses and business models of commercial and non-commercial websites and understand their earning methods.